:Josie Appleton is convenor of the [[Manifesto Club]], a new association aiming to put human aspirations back into politics. She is also a journalist who writes for a variety of publications, including [[Spiked]], Times Literary Supplement, The Times, Spectator. She has also written in the past for the Guardian, Independent and Blueprint magazine. Josie is author of Museums for the People, a commissioned work as part of the [[Institute of Ideas]]' Conversations in Print series.

:Josie Appleton is convenor of the [[Manifesto Club]], a new association aiming to put human aspirations back into politics. She is also a journalist who writes for a variety of publications, including [[Spiked]], Times Literary Supplement, The Times, Spectator. She has also written in the past for the Guardian, Independent and Blueprint magazine. Josie is author of Museums for the People, a commissioned work as part of the [[Institute of Ideas]]' Conversations in Print series.

Appleton comes from Cropwell Butler, Nottingham and studied Human Sciences at University of Oxford (1996-9).
She co-wrote Culture Vultures: Is UK Arts Policy Damaging the Arts? with LM associates James Heartfield and Munira Mirza and others.

Josie Appleton is convenor of the Manifesto Club, a new association aiming to put human aspirations back into politics. She is also a journalist who writes for a variety of publications, including Spiked, Times Literary Supplement, The Times, Spectator. She has also written in the past for the Guardian, Independent and Blueprint magazine. Josie is author of Museums for the People, a commissioned work as part of the Institute of Ideas' Conversations in Print series.